Former firefighter alleges fraud with Cotter VFD

John Bell presents list of allegations to city council

3:12 AM,
Dec. 24, 2013

John Bell made a presentation to Cotter City Council last week alleging fraud with the city's volunteer fire department. A former longtime member of the department, Bell asked council members to 'Fix it now.'

Written by

JANET NELSON
janelson@baxterbulletin.com

Former and longtime Cotter firefighter John Bell spoke at the city council meeting last week about the volunteer fire department.

In a prepared statement read Thursday night to the council by his daughter, Stephanie, a college student at Arkansas Tech University, Bell said, "Inexperience, inflated egos, poor management and fraud have reduced Cotter Fire Department to a nonfunctional organization unable to meet its most basic responsibilities."

Bell ended the summary of his points by asking the city council to "Fix it now." ...